2020–21 F.C. Ashdod season

Ashdod are an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. The 2020–21 season will the clubs 21st competitive campaign since the club were formed. During this season the club will have competed in the following competitions: Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup Al.

Ashdod

2020-21 season
Chairman	Municipality of Ashdod
Manager	Ran Ben Shimon
Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium
State Cup	Quarter Finals
Toto Cup Al	12th
Home colours Away colours

Current squad

Updated 12 July 2020.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Yoav Gerafi
3	DF	ISR	Gil Cohen
4	DF	UGA	Timothy Awany
5	DF	ISR	Nir Bardea
6	MF	ISR	Hamoudi Kna'an
7	FW	UGA	Fahad Bayo
8	MF	ISR	Shlomi Azulay
9	MF	ISR	Roei Gordana
10	MF	MLI	Moussa Bagayoko
11	FW	ISR	Sagiv Yehezkel
12	MF	ISR	Yoni Sisai
13	DF	GHA	Montari Kamaheni
14	FW	ISR	Dean David
15	DF	ISR	Tom Ben Zaken (captain)
16	DF	ISR	Zohar Zasno
18	FW	ISR	Bentzi Moshel

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ISR	Stav Turiel
20	DF	ISR	Omri Ben Harush
21	MF	ISR	Hamza Mawassi
23	MF	ISR	Fares Abu Akel
41	GK	ISR	Ron Shushan
55	DF	SRB	Nenad Cvetković
66	MF	ISR	Nir Hasson
77	MF	ISR	Ya'akov Berihon
80	MF	ISR	Mor Edri
88	FW	ISR	Idan Dahan
90	GK	ISR	Roei Mishpati
99	FW	ISR	Oz Bilu
—	DF	ISR	David Tiram
—	FW	GHA	Hayford Adjei
—	FW	ISR	Shalev Harush

Out on loan

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Omer Egozi (at Hapoel Kfar Shalem until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Competitions

Club Friendlies

Bnei Sakhnin v Ashdod

28 July 2020 Friendly	Bnei Sakhnin	1 - 2	Ashdod	Sakhnin
19:00		Report		Stadium: Doha Stadium

Israeli Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Israeli Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	1	7	24	17	+7	28	6	0	2	16	6	+10	3	1	5	8	11	−3

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W		W	L	W	L
Position	13	7	4	5	6	9	3	5	3	3	2	3	4		4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Ashdod v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

29 August 2020 1	Ashdod	0 - 2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Ashdod
19:00	Fares Abu Akel  38' Ben Zaken  55' Azulay  69'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão  65' 90+2' Ansah 67'  74' Kahat  72' Bartkus  77'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Ashdod

13 September 2020 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 - 2	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
20:30	Gruper  77' Boateng  85'	Report	Yehezkel 1' Fares Abu Akel  12' Awany  35' Bayo  66' Gordana 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erez Papir

Ashdod v Maccabi Petah Tikva

21 September 2020 3	Ashdod	1 - 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ashdod
19:00	Cvetković 23' Fares Abu Akel  59'	Report	Elvis Sakyi  4' Suljić  40' Marcus Diniz  40' Muhammad Sarsour  47' Amit Meir  59'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gal Laibuvitz

Bnei Yehuda v Ashdod

1 November 2020 4	Bnei Yehuda	1 - 0	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
20:30	Moussa  66' Zenati 78' (pen.) Elian Ruhana  83'	Report	Idan Dahan  65' Cvetković  90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid

Maccabi Haifa v Ashdod

7 November 2020 5	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 1	Ashdod	Haifa
18:45	Planić  13' Haziza  31' Habshi  37' Rukavytsya 45+3' (pen.) Chery 63'	Report	Bayo  9' Bagayoko  45+1' Gordana  45+1' Yehezkel 70'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Fuxman

Ashdod v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

21 November 2020 6	Ashdod	2 - 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ashdod
18:45	Azulay 21'  37' Yehezkel 26' Gordana  48' Nir Bardea  78' Berihon  80'	Report	Dadia  24'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Liran Liany

Ashdod v Maccabi Netanya

25 November 2020 7	Ashdod	4 - 0	Maccabi Netanya	Ashdod
19:00	David 50' 71' Ben Zaken  56' Berihon  84' Cvetković 87' Azulay 88'	Report	Cohen  29' Ido Vaier  55' Avraham  67' Kanichowsky  83'  83'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

Bnei Sakhnin v Ashdod

28 November 2020 8	Bnei Sakhnin	1 - 0	Ashdod	Sakhnin
17:20	Ihab Ganayem 62' Goldenberg  77' Muhammad Ottman  78'	Report	Gordana  59' Idan Dahan  90+1'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba

Ashdod v Maccabi Tel Aviv

7 December 2020 9	Ashdod	3 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00	Bayo 20' Hamoudi Kna'an  23' Gordana  53' Azulay 69'  90' Yehezkel 79'  83'	Report	Dor Peretz  19' Luis Hernández 53'  87' Cohen 61'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Snir Levi

Hapoel Kfar Saba v Ashdod

12 December 2020 10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0 - 1	Ashdod	Kfar Saba
15:00	Cohen  16' Dror  57' Solomon  85' Reichert  90+3'	Report	Bagayoko 23'  34' Ben Zaken  70' Berihon  75'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach

Hapoel Hadera v Ashdod

19 December 2020 11	Hapoel Hadera	1 - 1	Ashdod	Netanya
17:20	Glazer  24' Abdallah Jaber  44' Khattab 60' Cisse  68' Avramov  90+1'	Report	Kamaheni 55' Gordana  60'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shlomi Ben Avraham

Ashdod v Hapoel Haifa

22 December 2020 12	Ashdod	0 - 1	Hapoel Haifa	Ashdod
19:00	Bayo  47' Yehezkel  53'	Report	Kapiloto  17' Maman  62' Buzaglo  83' Barsky 86' Kadoch  90' Mishpati  90+9'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

Beitar Jerusalem v Ashdod

28 December 2020 13	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 2	Ashdod	Jerusalem
20:00 IST	Mohamed 24'	Report	David 11' Shalev Harush  27' Bayo 90+3'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gal Laibuvitz
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Ashdod v Hapoel Tel Aviv

7 January 2021 15	Ashdod	2 – 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00 IST	Bayo 13' Gordana 44' Yehezkel  68'	Report	Itzhak 4'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Maccabi Petah Tikva v Ashdod

23 January 2021 16	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2 – 1	Ashdod	Petah Tikva
17:30 IST	Cooper  19' 23' (pen.) Inbrum  33' Cohen  50' Daniel Plesher  51' Arad Bar  69' Liel Abada 90+1'	Report	Bagayoko  12' Yehezkel 16' Hamoudi Kna'an  61'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Ashdod v Bnei Yehuda

27 January 2021 17	Ashdod	4 – 0	Bnei Yehuda	Ashdod
19:00 IST	David 25' Awany  50' Bayo 57' Hamoudi Kna'an 60' Oz Bilu 82'	Report	Moussa  10' Mori  72' Ghadir  86'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Fuxman
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Maccabi Netanya v Ashdod

30 January 2021 18	Maccabi Netanya	3 – 0	Ashdod	Netanya
18:45 IST	Yerushalmi  14' Frater  17' Kanichowsky 34' 83' Karam Jaber 41'	Report	Fares Abu Akel  63' Azulay  71'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Ashdod v Maccabi Haifa

6 February 2021 19	Ashdod	v	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
20:45 IST				Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	26	19	2	5	52	20	+32	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	17	7	2	48	21	+27	58
3	F.C. Ashdod	26	13	4	9	37	25	+12	43
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	11	5	10	26	28	−2	38
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	9	10	7	31	29	+2	37

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.

State Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Israel State Cup

Ashdod v Hapoel Ra'anana

22 February 2021 Round of 32	Ashdod	3 – 1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Ashdod
20:00	Kamaheni  19' David  33' Kna'an  42' Gordana 45+1' (pen.)  74' Stav Turiel  66' 89' Bagayoko 75'	Report	Peter Olawale  36' Roy Amos  45' Gamon  60' David Dean Twizer 81'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ohad Asulin
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

Beitar Jerusalem v Ashdod

17 March 2021 Round of 16	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ashdod	Jerusalem
18:00	Shua 41' Vered  54' Kriaf  75' Janković  119'	Report	Gordana 22' (pen.) Azulay  25' Ocampos 93' (o.g.) Gerafi  100'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Liran Liany
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

Ashdod v Maccabi Tel Aviv

21 April 2021 Quarter Finals	Ashdod	0 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:30	Ben Zaken  52' Firas Abu Akel  62' Ben Harush  90+6'	Report	Glazer  34' Peretz 54' Luis Hernández  56' Saborit  68'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

Toto Cup Al

Main article: 2020–21 Toto Cup Al

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		BEI	BYT	HTA	ASH
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Possible Final based on other 1st places		—		0–0
2	Bnei Yehuda	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Possible 5–6th match based on other 2nd places		0–0	—		1–5
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4	Possible 9–10th match based on other 3rd places			0–3	—
4	F.C. Ashdod	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3	Possible 11–12th match based on other 4th places		2–0		0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals for;

Ashdod v Hapoel Tel Aviv

8 August 2020 Match 1	Ashdod	0 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
19:00	Gil Cohen  22' Gordana  54'	Report	Aitman 24' (pen.) Abu Abaid  79'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

Bnei Yehuda v Ashdod

11 August 2020 Match 2	Bnei Yehuda	1 - 5	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
19:30	Roi Ben Shimon 4' Ljujić  37' Elian Ruhana  75'	Report	Fares Abu Akel  18' Yehezkel 54' 72' 77' 90' Azulay 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Snir Levi

Ashdod v Beitar Jerusalem

16 August 2020 Match 3	Ashdod	0 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashdod
19:30	Idan Dahan  77'	Report	Vered  3' 16' Mohamed  38' Diogo Verdasca  43' Tamir Adi  72' Rotman 75' Edri  85'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sagi Berman

Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Ashdod

23 August 2020 Placement Match	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2 - 0	Ashdod	Kiryat Shmona
19:45	Lúcio Maranhão 6'  87' Guy Ben Lulu 61'	Report	Yehezkel  22' Gordana  25' Fares Abu Akel  59'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid

References

1. *Betexplorer 2. *Soccerway 3. *World Football

External links

• Moadon Sport Ironi Ashdod Israel Football Association